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Home My WebLink AboutMinutes - 04/16/1979 - City Council REGULAR MEETING MONDAY, APRIL 16, 1979 8 P.P . The regular meeting of the City Council was held on Monday, April 16, 1979. The meeting was called to order by Mayor Stanek. At roll call the following aldermen were present: Datz, Schooley, Rogers, Bolger, Nolan, Harker, Smith, Adams. Absent: None. Motion by Adams, seconded by Datz, to accept the minutes of the April 2, 1979 Regular Meeting and of the April 4, 1979 Pub- lic Hearing on the Annexation Agreement of Residential Development Group regarding the Backhaus Farm as read. Voting aye: Datz, Schooley, Rogers, Bolger, Nolan, Harker, Smith, Adams. Voting nay: None. Absent: None. Motion carried. Motion by Harker, seconded by Nolan, to approve the final plat of the Kaufman-Glosson property at the northeast corner of Elm Street and Ringwood Road and to authorize the mayor and clerk to sign the final plat upon receipt of proper Letter of Irrevocable Credit. Voting aye: Datz, Schooley, Bolger, Nolan, Harker, Smith, Adams. Voting nay: Rogers. Absent: None. Motion carried. Richard Nethaway of the McHenry Lions Club addressed the Council to make a proposal regarding a Community Calendar sign the Club plans to erect as a community service on the east property line of Company One McHenry Township Fire Protection District parking lot on Elm Street. The illuminated sign will be 8 feet high, 12 feect wide, double sided with room for 5 lines of printing on each side. The Lions Club asked if the City would be willing to pay the monthly lighting charge. It was the concen- sus of opinion of the Council that the City would not pay for light- ing the sign if it was ever used to promote a partisan politics. Monday, April 16, 1979 page 2 Motion by Harker, seconded by Nolan, to authorize the City to pay the monthly electric bill for the Lions Club Community Calendar when it is erected and to waive the sign permit fee re- quired by the City. Voting aye: Schooley, Rogers, Bolger, Nolan, Harker, Datz, Smith, Adams. Voting nay: None. Absent: None. Motion carried. Discussion was held on the purchase of 33.900 acres of park land from the Edwin V. Knox Trust, this property being lo- cated south of the city limits contiguous to the City Public Works garage. Motion by Bolger, seconded by Rogers, to enter into an agreement to purchase the Knox property to be known as Knox Park for a purchase price of $115,000.00 for 33.900 acres of land and to authorize the mayor and clerk to sign the agreement. Voting aye: Schooley, Rogers, Bolger, Nolan, Harker, Datz, Smith, Adams. Voting nay: None. Absent: None. Motion carried. Attorney Thomas Henley asked the Council to set a Public Hearing date for annexation of approximately 9 acres of land on Bull Valley Road known as the Harold Morris property. Motion by Adams, seconded by Harker, to set Monday, May 21, 1979, at 8 P.M. for a Public Hearing on the Morris annexation proposal . Voting aye: Schooley, Rogers, Bolger, Nolan, Harker, Datz, Smith, Adams. Voting nay: None. Absent: None. Motion carried. Motion by Rogers, seconded by Nolan, to authorize and approve payment of the following bills. Monday, April 16, 1979 page 3 General Fund #4920 Ill . Municipal Retirement Fund $ 2,163.46 4921 Ill . Municipal Retirement Fund 10,709.44 4922 Ill . Municipal Retirement Fund 10,912.42 4923 Ill . Municipal Retirement Fund 95.81 4924 Secretary of State 13.00 4925 Multi-Regional Crim. Justice Training & Educ. 10.00 III 4926 Multi-Regional Crim. Justice Training & Educ. 10.00 4927 McHenry State Bank 3,328.05 4928 Ill . Dept. of Revenue 637.71 4929 Wm. Brda, treas-pol pens fund 954.01 4930 City of McHenry Payroll Acct. 20,813.37 4931 Director of Labor 1,978.67 4932 Director of Labor 132.71 4933 Adams Bros. Steel Division 64.90 4934 Alexander Lumber Co. 200.05 4935 Althoff Industries 10.50 4936 Anderson Tree Service 2,845.00 4937 Bruce Municipal Equipment 256.29 4938 Buss Ford Sales 13.10 4939 Butler Auto Parts 12.54 4940 Carey Appliance, Inc. 85.00 4941 Carey Elec. Contracting, Inc. 391.53 4942 Chuck's Towing 15.00 4943 Dept. of Rev.-City of Chicago 500.00 4944 Community Auto Supply 41.85 4945 Curran Contracting 365.50 4946 Freund Equipment Co. 36.94 4947 Geo. P. Freund, Inc. 86.37 4948 Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. 1,396.00 4949 Industrial Towel & Uniform 33.75 III 4950 Lakeland Distributors, Inc. 69.88 4951 Lou's Jeep Sales & Service, Inc. 55.58 4952 Marathon Oil 1,974.29 4953 McHenry Auto Parts 408.43 4954 McHenry Car Wash 9.50 4955 McHenry Co. Communications 193.30 4956 McHenry Co. Municipal Assoc. 42.00 4957 McHenry Firestone 185.08 4958 McHenry Office Supply 27.37 4959 McHenry Plaindealer 32.25 4960 McHenry Printing Service 24.80 4961 McHenry Sand & Gravel 35.95 4962 McHenry Studio & Camera Center 28.12 4963 McHenry Tire Mart 70.50 4964 Radicom, Inc. 15.00 4965 Rockford Ind. Welding 12.13 4966 Tones, Inc. 129.95 4967 Torkelson Lincoln-Mercury 386.68 4968 U.S.• Leasing 51.83 4969 Vycital 's Pro Hardqare 178.72 4970 Western Union 255.00 4971 Xerox Corp. 390.98 4972 McHenry State Bank 300.10 4973 Ill . Dept. of Revenue 55.14 4974 City of McHenry Payroll Acct.III 1,958.31 Water/Sewer Fund #1951 Ill . Municipal Retirement Fund $ 829.23 1952 City of McHenry General Fund (140) 3,855.73 1953 City of McHenry General Fund (204) 409.82 1954 Adams Bros. Steel Division 107.40 1955 Alexander Lumber Co. 29.10 1956 Allied Chemicals 1,136.42 1957 Carey Electric Contracting 151.91 1958 Fisher Scientific 76.69 1959 Flex-Rod Sewer Equip. Co. 117.36 1960 Hach Chemical Co. 84.50 1961 Industrial Towel & Uniform 82.50 1962 Marathon Oil Co. 348.81 ■ Monday, April 16, 1979 page 4 #1963 Marblehead Lime Co. $ 874.44 1964 McHenry Co. Dept. of Health 12.00 1965 McHenry Printing Services 24.50 1966 NI Gas 364.38 1967 No. Ill Meter Repair Serv. 140.54 1968 Vycital 's Pro Hardware 64.44 1969 McHenry Savings & Loan 3,613.13 1970 American Nat'l Bank & Trust Co. 9,633.00 1971 City of McHenry General Fund (140) 1,811.20 1972 City of McHenry General Fund (204) 176.51 Voting aye: Schooley, Rogers, Bolger, Nolan, Harker, Datz, Smith, Adams. Voting nay: None. Absent: None. Motion carried. Motion by Schooley, seconded by Adams, to accept the March Clerk's report as presented. Voting aye: Schooley, Rogers, Bolger, Nolan, Harker, Datz, Smith, Adams. Voting nay: None. Absent: None. Motion carried. Motion by Smith, seconded by Adams, to pass an ordinance prohibiting parking within the limits of the improvement at Richmond Road and Pearl Street known as F.A.P. Route 13 and to publish it in pamphlet form. Voting aye: Schooley, Rogers, Bolger, Harker, Nolan, Datz, Smith, Adams. Voting nay: None. Absent: None. Motion carried. Motion by Smith, seconded by Adams, to pass an ordinance prohibiting the discharge of sanitary and industrial wastewater into any storm sewers constructed as part of the improvement of Richmond Road at Pearl Street known as F.A.P. Route 13 and to publish it in pamphlet form. Voting aye: Schooley, Rogers, Bolger, Harker, Nolan, Datz, Smith, Adams. Voting nay: None. Absent: None. Motion carried. Monday, April 16, 1979 page 5 Motion by Smith, seconded by Adams, to pass an ordi- nance regulating encroachment within the limits of the project right-of-way relating to improvements at Richmond Road and Pearl Street known as F.A.P. Route 13. Voting aye: Schooley, Rogers, Bolger, Nolan, Harker, Datz, Smith, Adams. Voting nay: None. Absent: None. Motion carried. Motion by Smith, seconded by Adams, to pass an ordi- nance prohibiting parking within the limits of the improvement of the improvement of the intersection of Elm and Front Streets known as F.A.P. Route 860 and to publish It in pamphlet form, Voting aye: Schooley, Rogers, Bolger, Nolan, Harker, Datz, Smith, Adams. Voting nay: None. Absent: None. Motion carried. Motion by Smith seconded by Adams, to pass an ordi- nance prohibiting the discharge of sanitary and industrial waste- water into any storm sewers constructed as part of the improve- ment of the intersection of Elm and Front Streets known as F.A.P. Route 860 and to publish it in pamphlet form, Voting aye: Schooley, Rogers, Bolger, Nolan, Harker, iatz, Smith, Adams. Voting nay: None. Absent: None. Motion carried. Motion by Smith, seconded by Adams, to pass an ordi- nance regulating encroachment within the limits of the project right-of-way relating to improvement of the intersection of Elm and Front Streets known as F.A.P. Route 860. Voting aye: Schooley, Rogers, Bolger, Nolan, Harker, Datz, Smith, Adams. Monday, April 16, 1979 page 6 Voting nay: None. Absent: None. Motion carried. Motion by Harker, seconded by Schooley, to pay McHenry Savings and Loan 6-months interest in the amount of $3,613.13 for the 1975 Waterworks Bonds. W/S fund Check #1969 Voting aye: Schooley, Rogers, Bolger, Harker, Nolan, Datz, Smith, Adams. Voting nay: None. Absent: None. Motion carried. Motion by Adams, seconded by Datz, to pay American Na- tional Bank & Trust Co. $9,633.00 for Waterworks and Sewage Reve- nue Bonds dated May 1, 1956 as follows: Principal $8,000.00 Interest $1,600.00 Service Fee $ 33.00 W/S fund Check #1970 Voting aye: Schooley, Rogers, Bolger, Harker, Nolan, Datz, Smith, Adams. Voting nay: None. Absent: None. Motion carried. Motion by Smith, seconded by Adams, to make it city policy that any Hunting and Fishing Licenses that are issued to sub-agents through the City Clerk's office must be paid for in advance effective immediately. Voting aye: Schooley, Rogers, Bolger, Harker, Nolan, Datz, Smith, Adams. Voting nay: None. Absent: None. Motion carried. Motion by Smith, seconded by Adams, to adjourn. Voting aye: Schooley, Rogers, Bolger, Harker, Nolan, Datz, Smith, Adams. Monday, April 16, 1979 page 7 Voting nay: None. Absent: None. Motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 10:09 P.M. 3P6rAttiL4. e 1-e/-a-yda3' • clerk mayor